diff --git a/pbs-datastore/src/datastore.rs b/pbs-datastore/src/datastore.rs
index fd3990d6..75c0c16a 100644
--- a/pbs-datastore/src/datastore.rs
+++ b/pbs-datastore/src/datastore.rs
@@ -749,9 +749,9 @@ impl DataStore {
 
         let mut open_options = std::fs::OpenOptions::new();
         open_options.write(true);
-        open_options.truncate(true);
 
         if force {
+            open_options.truncate(true);
             open_options.create(true);
         } else {
             open_options.create_new(true);
diff --git a/proxmox-backup-client/src/main.rs b/proxmox-backup-client/src/main.rs
index 632a2917..589a097b 100644
--- a/proxmox-backup-client/src/main.rs
+++ b/proxmox-backup-client/src/main.rs
@@ -1598,7 +1598,6 @@ async fn restore(
         if let Some(target) = target {
             let mut writer = std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
                 .write(true)
-                .create(true)
                 .create_new(true)
                 .open(target)
                 .map_err(|err| {
@@ -1724,7 +1723,6 @@ async fn restore(
         let mut writer = if let Some(target) = target {
             std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
                 .write(true)
-                .create(true)
                 .create_new(true)
                 .open(target)
                 .map_err(|err| format_err!("unable to create target file {:?} - {}", target, err))?